Is it safe to say it appears hes not listening to him here john, i think what its safe to say at the moment is that it appears as in all likelihood that israel has struck iran now has if this has happened, has israel has the Prime Minister dial back what he might have otherwise planned . Certainly theres been a Huge International push. You had the British Foreign secretary of the German Foreign secretary. Here are a couple of days ago with repeating that message to all the ministers they met the Prime Minister defense minister, the Foreign Minister, the president for do not escalate the situation, but both seem to accept that israel was going to go ahead, john the Gravity Force live in jerusalem with the early reporting. Nick, appreciate that hustle very much coverage will continue immediately right now, Cnn News Night with abby phillip starts now these cnns Breaking News Explosions in iran on good evening. Im abby phillip in new york. Theres Breaking News tonight reports that israel m
around the country tonight their language has been very clear, on bolden would indicate that they re not going to shy away from responding. but but it will be and it appears to be as if the ball is shifting to their court. it was in israel s and it shifted back to there s luck. thank you for all of that. please stand by for us. we do have to continue to emphasize that at this moment there is very little information that we know about what is happening inside of iran. iran is not a place where there s a lot of information that comes out, but we do know according to some semi official news sources inside of a rhonda, some explosions have been heard near the city of isfahan that is in the central western part of iran, south of tehran, as well i want to bring in now former dni director of national intelligence, james clapper director clapper, this is a very serious moment as we wait
israeli drones and missiles. israel carried out a limited strike near the city of isfahan, that s south of tehran. they re saying at this point israel is assessing the effectiveness and damage of this strike. israel is not officially claiming responsibility. it is a no comment at this point from the israeli defense forces. and it is not clear right now whether israel carried out this strike using jet aircraft, using long-range missiles, or as the new york times was possibly reporting, drones potentially launched from inside of iran itself that may become clearer as the hours unfold. u.s. officials saying the united states was not involved in this strike. there appears to have been some kind of general heads up that israel s response was coming, and that is really important, ali, because it gave american forces across the middle east time to make sure that their own
man: thanks. anthony: don t want to miss the bus. south of tehran, the landscape opens up. nearly 300 miles of iranian highway stretching to the city of isfahan. isfahan is iran s third-largest city. half the world, as the saying went, back when this was the capital of persia and beyond. the city is renowned for its
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